Game Preview: Exhibition- EC Red Bull Salzburg @ Vernon:

EC Red Bull Salzburg (31-10-1-2)@ Vernon (19-23-0-3) 7pm

Tonight is the first ever meeting between the EC Red Bull Salzburg Austrian U20 team and the Vernon Vipers. 

Last Game:

Saturday, January 23rd Vernon defeated Trail 3-2 in double overtime
Wednesday, January 20th Penticton defeated EC Red Bull Salzburg 6-1

Next Game:

Friday, January 29th Salmon Arm @ Vernon
Wednesday, January 27th EC Red Bull Salzburg @ Victoria

Lets take a look at the Vernon Vipers:

The Vernon Vipers are coming off a 3-2 double overtime win in Trail Saturday, picked up their 20th win of the season. Tonight is the first of back to back home games. For just the second time this season, the Vipers have won three straight and four of their last five games. Vernon is 5-5-0-0 in their last ten games sit 4th in the Interior Division are nine points up on last place Merritt, three points up on 5th place Trail and twelve points back of Salmon Arm & West Kelowna who are both tied in points for 2nd place. The Vipers have lost three of their last five home games have just six wins in their last sixteen games at Kal Tire Place.

Odeen Tufto (21-33-54) leads the the team in goals with twenty one and  in points with fifty four.

Graham Turnbull's Vernon Vipers Venom Blog

http://vipersvenom1.blogspot.ca/

Vernon Vipers 2015-16 regular season Stats:

Games Played: 46
Wins: 20
Losses: 23
Ties: 0
Overtime Losses: 3
Home Record: 11-11-0-2
Road Record: 9-11-0-2
Overtime Record: 3-4
Record vs Interior Division: 10-16-0-3
Record vs Island & Mainland Divisions: 10-6-0-1
When the Vipers score first: 10-5-0-2
When the opponents score first: 10-18-0-1
Leading after 1st Period: 9-2-0-2
Tied after 1st Period: 5-7-0-0
Trailing after 1st Period: 7-14-0-1
Leading after 2nd Period: 12-0-0-1
Tied after 2nd Period: 4-5-0-1
Trailing after 2nd Period: 4-18-0-0
Out shooting Opponents: 10-8-0-2
Out shot by Opponents: 9-15-0-1
One goal games: 5-6-0-3
Record in September: 3-3-0-1
Record in October: 6-6-0-0
Record in November: 4-6-0-1
Record in December: 3-5-0-1
Record in January: 4-3-0-0
Goals For: 148
Goals Against: 158
Place: 4th Place
Streak: Three game winning streak
Longest winning streak this year: Three games (twice)
Longest losing streak this year: Five games

Vernon Vipers Returning Players:

Liam Finlay (97)
Jagger Williamson (98)
Colton McCarthy (96)
Riley Brandt (96)
Mitchell Oliver (97)

Vernon Vipers Departing & traded players from last years team:

Liam Coughlin (94)
Anthony Latina (94)
Blaine Caton (97)
Linden Hora (96)
Nicholas Rasovic (96)
TJ Dumonceaux (94)
Luke Shiplo (95)
Luke Voltin (95)
Brandon Egli (94)
Jarrod Schamerhorn (95)
Mitch Meek (96)
Johhny Coughlin (95)
Kenny Citron (95)
Riley Guenther (94)
Mackenzie Bauer (96)
Danny Todosychuk (94)
 

Lets take a look at the EC Red Bull Salzburg:

The EC Red Bull Salzburg make their first ever visit to Vernon-Kal Tire Place are playing their third game of a current four game BCHL Exhibition tour through BC. EC Red Bull Salzburg took their first game 8-6 in West Kelowna January 18th before falling 6-1 in Penticton on January 20th. EC Red Bull Salzburg will wrap up the tour Wednesday in Victoria. EC Red Bull Salzburg is a professional ice hockey team based in Salzburg, Austria, that currently plays in the Austrian Hockey League. Red Bull Salzburg is an Under-20 team, with their roster made of up of players 16 to 20-years-old. The 25-man roster is mostly made up of 17 and 18 year olds with just two 20 year olds. Their roster is represented by seven countries. Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden. Salzburg plays in the Erste Bank Young Stars League (EBYSL) which is made up of 14 teams from Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia and the Czech Republic.

Brett Sterling (25-14-39) leads the team in goals with twenty five, while John Hughes (15-42-57) leads the team in points with fifty seven.

EC Red Bull Salzburg website

http://ecrbs.redbulls.com/en/

EC Red Bull Salzburg 2015-16 regular season Stats:

Games Played: 44
Wins: 31
Losses: 10
Shoot-Out Losses: 1
Overtime Losses: 2
Home Record: 16-5-0-1
Road Record: 15-6-1-1
Goals For: 168
Goals Against: 116
Place: 3rd Place
Streak: One game losing streak

EC Red Bull Salzburg Returning Players:

John Hughes
Ryan Duncan
Brett Sterling
Dominique Heinrich

Brian Fahey

Daniel Welser

Konstantin Komarek

Zdenek Kutlak

Matthias Trattnig

Manuel Latusa

Alexander Pallestrang

Alexander Cijan
Alexander Rauchenwald

Andreas Kristler

Marco Brucker

Thomas Raffl

Kyle Beach

Philipp Lindner

EC Red Bull Salzburg Departing & traded players from last years team:

Ben Walter

Troy Milam

David Meckler

Markus Pock

Florian Muhlstein

Corin Konradsheim

Michael Boivin

Lukas Kainz

Christoph Duller

Alexander Lahoda

Dario Winkler

Here's a look at both teams rosters:

Vernon Vipers:

http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?leagueID=2393&clientID=1413&teamid=224096

EC Red Bull Salzburg:

http://ecrbs.redbulls.com/en/team